I don't want to be glib, but hey what the hey. This is how you can see that the United States is in decline; it can no longer discontinue a coin through legislation.

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dmix 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Congress seems like the most dysfunctional branch of government going on a couple decades now.

They poll worse than the most unpopular presidents

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hamandcheese 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> They poll worse than the most unpopular presidents

I would expect this to be the case generally since congress is at all times 99.5% people who you have no say in electing/recalling.

	▲	abustamam 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I happen to live in one of the few districts in CA that has a republican representative. I was looking forward to voting him out but then CA got gerrymandered and now we'll likely have a Democrat representative next term. I didn't like our republican representative but it seems kinda shitty that the folks who did like him and voted for him suddenly didn't get a say in who their representative ought to be. I mean, sure they probably voted No on 50 but most of the yes votes came from outside of our district. Edit: I strongly hate gerrymandering but I also acknowledge the need for the democrats to play dirty because the Republicans are, and "being the better person" doesn't seem to be a viable political strategy anymore.

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kmeisthax 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The last time America discontinued a coin legislatively was the half cent about 150 years ago. That's a pretty long decline.